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Aralia Spinosa

The Aralia Spinosa is commonly known as Angelica Tree, Devil's Walking Stick, Hercules Club, Pick Tree, Prickly Ash, Prickly Elder, Shotbush, as well as Toothache Tree

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Growing Regions

Devil's walking stick is found naturally occurring in eastern North America from New York and Pennsylvania south to Florida and west to southwestern Iowa and western Texas.  It has escaped from cultivation in New England to southern Ontario, Michigan, Wisconsin, Oregon, Washington, and western Europe [4,19,33].

     

General Information

The accepted scientific name of Devil's walking stick is Aralia spinosa L. There are no named varieties [7,8,24].

Much of the information presented here is attributed to:
Sullivan, Janet. 1992. Aralia spinosa. In: Fire Effects Information System, [Online]. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Rocky Mountain Research Station, Fire Sciences Laboratory (Producer). Available at USDA Forest Service.

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